COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-03 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£279M
+0.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£190M
+11.7% vs 2023
Employees
4,199
-0.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£21M
-62.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- QUELLIMAGE LIMITED 1981-09-09 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,219,700,000 | £1,144,900,000 | |
| Operating profit | £44,700,000 | £18,500,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £56,800,000 | £21,200,000 | |
| Net profit | £45,800,000 | £15,700,000 | |
| Cash | £277,200,000 | £278,800,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £175,900,000 | £202,600,000 | |
| Net assets | £169,900,000 | £189,700,000 | |
| Equity | £169,900,000 | £189,700,000 | |
| Average employees | 4,228 | 4,199 | |
| Wages | £293,800,000 | £302,600,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.4% | 9.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | 18.63x | 4.51x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In addition, the Company has received a letter of support from Computacenter plc which evidences the intent of the Parent to continue to provide financial support if required. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Computacenter Quest Trustees Limited 100%
- Computacenter Trustees Limited 100%
- Digica Group Finance Limited 100%
- R.D. Trading Limited 100%
- Computacenter Pty Ltd. 100%
- Computacenter Services Australia Pty Ltd 100%
- Computacenter Brasil Importacao, Comercio e Servicios Ltda 100%
Significant events
- “We won large new customers to deliver high-performance Al-related infrastructure, based on our ability to deliver complex logistics and deployment solutions at pace. We added six major customers, bringing the total to 54 at year end, matching the number achieved in 2021.”
- “We ended 2024 with 54 major customers in the UK, an increase of 6 on 2023. Growing the number of major customers in our target market of large corporate and public sector customers ensures greater resilience and underpins our long-term growth.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEREIRA, Simon | Secretary | 2021-12-09 | — | — |
| BEARD, John Anthony | Director | 2022-04-01 | Aug 1974 | British |
| MCINERNEY, Karen Linda | Director | 2024-12-18 | Mar 1966 | British |
| MORTIMER, Keith Anthony | Director | 2025-09-01 | May 1973 | British |
| NORRIS, Michael John | Director | 1996-09-11 | Oct 1961 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENADE, Stephen John | Secretary | 2005-10-04 | 2013-04-05 |
| GRAY, Raymond John | Secretary | 2016-09-14 | 2021-12-09 |
| PEREIRA, Simon | Secretary | 2013-04-05 | 2016-09-14 |
| POTTINGER, Alan James | Secretary | 1993-01-13 | 2005-10-04 |
| BEECROFT, Paul Adrian Barlow | Director | — | 2002-02-04 |
| BRYAN, Nicholas Martin | Director | 1995-10-01 | 1996-04-29 |
| BURGESS, John Downing | Director | — | 1996-06-18 |
| BUSCOMBE, Philip John | Director | — | 1995-09-30 |
| CESMIG, Cem Necdet | Director | 1993-01-13 | 1995-09-30 |
| CESMIG, Cem Necdet | Director | — | 1993-01-13 |
| CONOPHY, Francis Anthony | Director | 1996-09-11 | 2023-06-01 |
| HULME, Philip William | Director | — | 2012-02-07 |
| JAMES, Kevin John | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2022-04-01 |
| JEHLE, Marcus Christian | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2024-12-16 |
| OGDEN, Peter James, Sir | Director | — | 2012-02-07 |
| RICHARDS, Roderick Lamont | Director | — | 2002-02-04 |
| SANDLER, Ronald Arnon | Director | 2000-10-05 | 2008-02-18 |
| WALSH, Simon | Director | 2009-04-20 | 2011-01-31 |
| WEBB, Christopher Mark | Director | 2009-04-20 | 2017-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computacenter Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 263 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-6.1%
£1,219,700,000 £1,144,900,000
-
Cash
+0.6%
£277,200,000 £278,800,000
-
Net assets
+11.7%
£169,900,000 £189,700,000
-
Employees
-0.7%
4,228 4,199
-
Operating profit
-58.6%
£44,700,000 £18,500,000
-
Profit before tax
-62.7%
£56,800,000 £21,200,000
-
Wages
+3%
£293,800,000 £302,600,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers